Across
- 3. The movement of glaciers
- 5. The natural world of lands, waters, and air
- 6. Giant sheets of ice formed in mountain valleys or near the North or South Poles
- 8. An area of land that has boundaries and a government that are shared by all the people living there; a nation
- 9. The parts into which the United States is divided
- 10. An imaginary line that goes around the middle of the globe like a belt from East to West
- 13. Half of a sphere
- 15. The detailed description of the physical features of an area, including hills, valleys, mountains, plains, and rivers
- 16. boundaries Boundaries that governments create to separate counties, states, or countries
- 18. Long ago when glaciers covered much of the Earth
- 20. The place of position where something is found
- 22. Scientists who study the Earth's layers of soil and rocks
- 23. Parts or details that stand out
- 24. To find where something is
- 25. The shapes and forms of the land such as hills, plains, and valleys
Down
- 1. Mapmakers
- 2. The seven large landmasses of the Earth.
- 3. The study of the Earth, including its people, resources, climate and physical features
- 4. boundaries Natural features like rivers, lakes, or mountains that separate counties, states, or countries
- 7. Describes lines, or meridians, that run from the North Pole to the South Pole on the globe
- 11. A map feature that shows the basic or cardinal directions
- 12. A round solid shape like a basketball where all sides are the same distance from the center
- 14. A defined area of a place that has common features, such as similar landscape
- 16. An imaginary line that divides the globe into two equal halves, from North to South
- 17. A large, important center of population and business
- 19. One of the parts into which a state is divided
- 20. Describes lines, or parallels, that run from East to West around the globe
- 21. The top layer of earth, dirt